Topic summary
⁠85%3 analyzed articles/videos1,229 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Montgomery County results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Anchoring Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 983 hits. Analysis detected 5,038 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,207 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (6,406 of 24,545 topics). This Montgomery County is worse (more manipulative) than 73.90% of the peer group.
Montgomery County
Topic details
Total words: 4,207
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

74% percentile
025507510073.9% percentile
3.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 20.3%20.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 10.1%10.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 8.6%8.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 4.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos